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nkaminar · 11-19-2022, 08:22 PM

Well, there is one case where you would want to hook plus to negative and that is if you are wiring the batteries in series. (Or battery and Jumper Machine in series.) This is sometimes needed if it is 40 below and you are trying to start your Diesel truck with 24 volts.

aermotor · 11-19-2022, 08:23 PM

Change the +mark on the battery to a - mark on the battery. What am I missing?

SDJason · 11-19-2022, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by aermotor

Change the +mark on the battery to a - mark on the battery. What am I missing?

I hope this is a joke...some of your previous posts on this thread (if taken literally) would be dangerous to follow.

aermotor · 11-19-2022, 08:33 PM

Simple - paint the - on the battery to + and the + to -. Is a painted mark on the battery dangerous? If this is all wrong, how do I hook up a charger with a red wire/clamp and black wire/clamp, battery installed and cable attached to starter?

J Franklin · 11-19-2022, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by aermotor

Simple - paint the - on the battery to + and the + to -. Is a painted mark on the battery dangerous?

That one would be!

aermotor · 11-19-2022, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by J Franklin

That one would be!

I am saying the same as Post #2. Why is that not disputed?

J Franklin · 11-19-2022, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by aermotor

I am saying the same as Post #2. Why is that not disputed?

You must have missed post #5. The trouble with your post is that it is wrong and dangerous. You can put any color wire on your battery but that doesn't mean you can hook up the charger based on the color of the battery cables. red charger/jumper always goes to + on the battery. A spark can blow up the battery and you will be sorry it happened.

aermotor · 11-19-2022, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by J Franklin

You must have missed post #5. Red on the charger/jumper always goes to + on the battery

How come the battery plus post goes direct to ground through the open braided cable?

Make you a deal. I will hook up my charger the way I want and you do the same. BTW with two cars I still have a garage, no blown up batteries and acid is still all in the batteries.

J Franklin · 11-19-2022, 09:50 PM

My post is not just to argue, it is to inform new people to + ground vehicles how to hook up a battery charger so it is done correctly. Any way it is achieved is fine with me.

History · 11-20-2022, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by burner31

Jumper machine?
Don't get me wrong...I like that term...I'm going "start" using it

Had a guy from West Virginia one time ask if I had any “nipping cables” , “jumper cables” in North Carolina speak. I never did get my head around how or why they arrived at nipping cables. That’s been 30 years ago and I still have t figured out the reasoning. Not picking on West Virginia as I know folks who say hainkanade “hand grenade”, plascit “plastic”, southsquatch, “Sasquatch”, old timers, “Alzheimer’s” and on and on.

Fred K, this wasn’t a dig at you as jumper machine makes perfect sense to me.

11-19-2022, 08:22 PM	#21
nkaminar Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Western North Carolina Posts: 3,901	Re: Basic Question-Jumper machine Well, there is one case where you would want to hook plus to negative and that is if you are wiring the batteries in series. (Or battery and Jumper Machine in series.) This is sometimes needed if it is 40 below and you are trying to start your Diesel truck with 24 volts. __________________ A is for apple, green as the sky. Step on the gas, for tomorrow I die. Forget the brakes, they really don't work. The clutch always sticks, and starts with a jerk. My car grows red hair, and flies through the air. Driving's a blast, a blast from the past.

11-19-2022, 08:23 PM	#22
aermotor Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 1,099	Re: Basic Question-Jumper machine Change the +mark on the battery to a - mark on the battery. What am I missing?

11-19-2022, 08:33 PM	#24
aermotor Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 1,099	Re: Basic Question-Jumper machine Simple - paint the - on the battery to + and the + to -. Is a painted mark on the battery dangerous? If this is all wrong, how do I hook up a charger with a red wire/clamp and black wire/clamp, battery installed and cable attached to starter? Last edited by aermotor; 11-19-2022 at 09:01 PM.

11-19-2022, 09:50 PM	#29
J Franklin Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Oregon Posts: 5,964	Re: Basic Question-Jumper machine My post is not just to argue, it is to inform new people to + ground vehicles how to hook up a battery charger so it is done correctly. Any way it is achieved is fine with me.